Lightning & Suicide

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So I'm driving home. I see flashes of lightning. Not scared cause I'm in the safest place to be. But then I see two guys on motorcycles. If they got struck would it be as severe as it normally is just hitting you or would you have some protection. Or would it be worse? And I know if it hits the car it goes right to the tires. Does having your window open effect anything? Dumb questions I know.

And about the new movie The Happening. The one where everyone is committing suicide. It was on the news that it was a really bad movie. Has anybody seen it? It looks really good but I'm not about to waste moeny ona crappy film

I thought the rubber of the tires stopped the electirc current. What are they teaching us in publix schools lol

think of this...a bolt of lighning has just jumped many KM across the open air. What difference could the last few CM of space or rubber make between the car and the ground?

Ohh okay. Thanks.I'm really not tis stupid I promise you

the wonders of public schooling, eh? lol.

yes i've always been taught it was the tires too so that lead me to beleive that motercycle tires would work to, but i guess not... WoooooooooOOOoooWWW.. like flavor flav says it.

okay, two youtube links in about as many minutes, but, if you wanna know how well protected you'll be in a car, then, watch this....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6XGKZxYxAThe reason you're protected, is because you're not touching anything metal and the car forms a faraday cage, meaning the electricity flows around you (more detailed explanation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage )Richard Hammond is awesome btw even if he is "the hamster" lol

I was waiting for this post.I knew you told me why you're protected in a car and it had somthing to do with top gear but I couldn't remember what.

I was? Wait... maybe I should have posted this in "Re: Searching for extra contraceptive" lol As to your note about my correction... yes, I was being a dunce, I remembered someone calling it that, and I was having a laugh to myself as I typed... but I was verrrrry tired, as in had got home from work, and pretty much, not long after that, totally flaked... to the point where it's now 3.44am here, and I'm wide awake... doh! back go bed in a mo!!laters

Yes the Happening looks like a very good movie. ************* ******************************************* *******************Now tell me, does that sound like a good movie to you? I didn't think so. It's like a 1st grade short story.

Did you just spoil the movie for everyone?

a bolt of lightning has just jumped many KM across the open air. What difference could the last few CM of space or rubber make between the car and the ground? Hey, I was going to say that! I learned that at a public school, also, but I think they probably teach storm stuff better in Nebraska. Because we are the idiots who go outside and watch.And I don't know about The Happening, but The Strangers was STUPID STUPID STUPID. I am so mad at myself for wasting money on that...

yeah i heard in the happening people laughed during the sucide scenes.